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HM Revenue and Customs opens case against football creditors' rule‎ (1 Dec 2011)
Ernst & Young Wind Hellas decision reversed by High Court‎ (1 Dec 2011)
Has MF Global changed the insolvency landscape? (1 Dec 2011)
Seat CEO in last-ditch bid to avoid insolvency (1 Dec 2011)
How American Airlines will use bankruptcy to cut costs (30 Nov 2011)
In Bankruptcy, a Bid to Cut Costs at American Airlines‎ (30 Nov 2011)
Insolvency: Target Chartered Accountants enters administration‎ (30 Nov 2011)
Insolvency: Farepak fees reach £8.2m ‎ (28 Nov 2011)
Insolvency: MF Global Brokerage's Fees May Reach $100 Million in a Year (23 Nov 2011)
Insolvency: Astraeus Airlines in administration‎ (22 Nov 2011)
Insolvency: SeaFrance placed into liquidation‎ ( 17 Nov 2011)
Insolvencies: UK Company failures at two-year high (4 Nov 2011)
The London arm of MF Global collapses into administration‎ (2 Nov 2011)
MF Global's UK division enters special administration (1 Nov 2011)
KPMG restructuring of JJB cost £107m‎ (1 Nov 2011)
Luminar to go into adminstration‎ (26 Oct 2011)
Administrators claim another £2bn for Lehmans creditors (14 Oct 2011)
Ernst & Young sued for PE firm's lost insolvency business investment‎ (7 Oct 2011)
KPMG administrators launch Aero Inventory business‎ (15 Sep 2011)
Insolvency: Saab faces collapse after bankruptcy protection rejected by court‎ (8 Sep 2011)
Insolvency: Saab Files for Bankruptcy Protection While It Awaits Chinese Cash‎ (7 Sep 2011)
Insolvency: Icesave liquidators find money to compensate UK savers‎ (3 Sep 2011)
Insolvency: Chorion faces uncertain future‎ (30 Aug 2011)
Insolvency: Pre-pack delay debated‎ (30 Aug 2011)
Insolvency: KPMG will put Aero Inventory up for sale‎ (29 Aug 2011)
Insolvency Sharks: KPMG bills £285000 for insolvency firm collapse (26 Aug 2011)
Insolvency: Lehman Pays Managers, Advisers Almost $1.4 Billion in Fees Through July (25 Aug 2011)
Insolvency: Pre-pack reforms delayed‎ (24 Aug 2011)
Insolvency: Stanford liquidators to access $20m of assets‎ (5 Aug 2011)
Insolvency: Ernst & Young appointed Hotel Verta administrators (4 Aug 2011)
Rip-Off: Insolvency profession bonuses soar (3 Aug 2011)
Insolvency: Legal Fees Keep Surging in Class-Action Lehman Suit‎ (2 Aug 2011)
Insolvency: Ernst & Young appointed Hotel Verta administrators‎ (2 Aug 2011)
Insolvency: Lehman administrators lose insolvency case‎ (28 Jul 2011)
Insolvency: Lehman Paid Bankruptcy Managers, Lawyers $27.5 Million in Fees Last Month (27 Jul 2011)
Insolvency: Lehman Creditors With $100 Billion Claims Support Revised Liquidation Plan (27 Jul 2011)
Insolvency: Administrators BDO issue £21m Halliwells claim (25 Jul 2011)
Insolvency: BDO moves to recoup £21m property payout from ex-Halliwells partners (8 Jul 2011)
Homeform adminstration: Cheque rules must change as Moben collapse cost us £6k (8 Jul 2011)
Insolvency: Whelan Construction goes into administration (6 Jul 2011)
Insolvency: Discount store TJ Hughes now in the hand of administrators (6 Jul 2011)
Insolvency: discount store TJ Hughes now in the hand of administrators (30 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: Jane Norman sells stores in pre-pack as TJ Hughes prepares to call in administrators (29 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: Fashion chain Jane Norman goes into administration (27 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: TJ Hughes puts administrators on standby (27 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: Von Essen hotel chain founder Andrew Davis 'exaggerated its assets' (26 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: Jane Norman 'on verge of administration' (26 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: Rise and fall of the empire that shaped Britain's habitat (25 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: The popping of Southsea (25 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: Moben and Dolphin shops collapse (24 Jun 2011)
Insolvency profession not exempt from legal reforms (24 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: BDO moves to recoup £21m property payout from ex-Halliwells partners (20 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: BDO are liquidators of Southsea Mortgage and Investment Company Limited (17 Jun 2011)
MoJ may exclude insolvency in latest reforms (8 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: NUJ calls for creditors meeting over Sunday and Daily Sport debts (5 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: Quinn administrators Grant Thornton charge €1.7m for three months' work - hourly rate of €475 (2 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: Liquidation of Stanford Bank taken over by Grant Thornton - mor easy fees (2 Jun 2011)
Insolvency: Focus DIY chain collapse sparks fury over role of private equity (29 May 2011)
They like abusing the public: Insolvency reform will cost businesses say Big Four and R3 (29 May 2011)
Independent body should review Insolvency Practitioners' fees (23 May 2011)
Insolvency: Lehman Paid Bankruptcy Lawyers, Managers $27.1 Million in Fees in April (23 May 2011)
Insolvency: Oddbins leaves its creditors to drown sorrows (22 May 2011)
Keydata directors cleared by Insolvency Service (21 May 2011)
Pre-pack sale of Silentnight arranged by KPMG administrators (10 May 2011)
Insolvency: Silentnight creditor meeting postponed (6 May 2011)
Insolvency: Number of store firms going bust jumps 30% in first quarter, says report (5 May 2011)
Insolvency: Lehman Pays Managers, Advisers $31.9 Million in March, SEC Filing Shows (29 Apr 2011)
Insolvency: Failed debt management group DCM Money Solutions had paid off less than £1m of its customers' £32m debts when it went into administration last month (28 Apr 2011)
Insolvency: Von Essen in administration after defaulting on interest (21 Apr 2011)
Insolvency: Red Sky goes into administration (20 Apr 2011)
Insolvency: PwC administrators rack-up £322m fees on Lehmans (16 Apr 2011)
Insolvency: Lehman, creditors agree on plan approval timeline (14 Apr 2011)
Lehman Brothers administrators return further £2.1bn (14 Apr 2011)
Insolvency: More failing retailers turn to CVA deals (14 Apr 2011)
Rip Off Merchants: Insolvency Service practitioners receive the most complaints (13 Apr 2011)
Insolvency consultation sees industry in the spotlight (13 Apr 2011)
Insolvency: More firms in financial difficulty as consumers cut back (13 Apr 2011)
Insolvency's mixed fortune on pre-packs (7 Apr 2011)
Don't kill off pre-packs, says insolvency chief (6 Apr 2011)
American Apparel in new bankruptcy warning (2 Apr 2011)
Insolvency: Lawyers and accountants to pocket $1 BILLION in Madoff clean up fees (2 Apr 2011)
Insolvency: Lehman Brokerage Trustee Law Firm Got $19.5 Million in Fees in Four Months (2 Apr 2011)
Insolvency: Daily Sport and Sunday Sport cease publication after parent company folds (2 Apr 2011)
Insolvency: Axe to fall on 400 workers after collapse of Oddbins (2 Apr 2011)
Insolvency: Oddbins to go into administration (1 Apr 2011)
UK Middle class sees biggest rise in insolvencies (31 Mar 2011)
Insolvency: OFT to investigate bank loan clauses on auditing (24 Mar 2011)
Insolvency: Lehman Fee Overseer Seeks to Ensure Adviser Pay 'Reasonable' (12 Mar 2011)
UK Insolvency clampdown to benefit unsecured creditors (7 Mar 2011)
Insolvency: Accountancy institute investigates Ernst & Young's administration of Greek telecoms company (28 Feb 2011)
Insolvency: ICAEW investigates E&Y pre-pack of Wind Hellas (28 Feb 2011)
Insolvency: Auto Windscreens to cut more than 1000 staff jobs (27 Feb 2011)
Questions for insolvency (25 Feb 2011)
UK Government Consultation on reforms to the regulation of insolvency practitioners (24 Feb 2011)
Cross-border insolvency confusion must end (21 Feb 2011)
Farepak scandal: Now send the bosses to jail (17 Feb 2011)
Auto Windscreens goes into administration (14 Feb 2011)
Consultation launched on overhaul of insolvency regulation (11 Feb 2011)
Consultation on reforms to the regulation of the UK insolvency practitioners (11 Feb 2011)
Insolvency: Record label giant EMI in largest ever pre-pack (11 Feb 2011)
Insolvency: KPMG forced to lower bill for administration (1 Feb 2011)
Insolvency: EMI sold in pre-pack (1 Feb 2011)
Insolvency: Auditors are increasingly being sued by liquidators and in class actions (1 Feb 2011)
Insolvency: Mulholland writes to KPMG over pub (31 Jan 2011)
UK Insolvencies 'to jump' this year (24 Jan 2011)
Lehman Lacks Creditor Support to Exit Bankruptcy, Paulson Fund Lawyer Says (19 Jan 2011)
Insolvency: Connaught had 50000 unpaid bills (17 Jan 2011)
Insolvency: Bookshop is first casualty of the year (14 Jan 2011)
Bank of America Posts $595 Million Bond in Lehman Bankruptcy (13 Jan 2011)
Insolvency industry takes bashing from SNP (8 Jan 2011)
Diamond coaches: Wales' biggest holiday bus operator goes into administration (8 Jan 2011)
Call for probe into insolvency payout delays (7 Jan 2011)
Bankruptcy experts accused of cashing in (7 Jan 2011)
Insolvency industry 'cashing in' (7 Jan 2011)
Pensioner insolvency rises fastest as baby boomers struggle to pay off debts (1 Jan 2011)
Number of women filing for insolvency keeps rising (1 Jan 2011)
Insolvency: Hatfield Colliery owner Powerfuel enters administration (10 Dec 2010)
Insolvent accountants must pay costs to the ICAEW (4 Dec 2010)
Crown Currency 'traded insolvently' (2 Dec 2010)
Directors of currency exchange group Crown Currency Exchange overstated accounts, backdated reports and traded insolvently for up to two years before (2 Dec 2010)
Costain in talks over Belvedere power plant after key contractor files for insolvency (30 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Balls Brothers goes into administration (27 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Crown Currency payout decision likely (22 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Fees dispute ruling means IPs must tread carefully (18 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Police probe Crown Currency Exchange (17 Nov 2010)
insolvency: Crown Currency Exchange customers dealt fresh blow (17 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Santander denies pushing Pontin's into administration (16 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Crown Currency Exchange customers dealt fresh blow (16 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Pontin's faces administrators after suffering during downturn (13 Nov 2010)
Insolvency Currency Currency Exchange company claims top £16m (13 Nov 2010)
Insolvency - KPMG: Only 400 Threshers shops sold (7 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: MGM agrees deal with creditors (31 Oct 2010)
Insolvency Service should make bankruptcy decisions (29 Oct 2010)
500 UK insolvency cases investigated by one firm (21 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: Greengrocer Stokes in administration (21 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: RBS calls time on £150m London block at One Blackfriars (21 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: No cash for Crown Currency victims as they are warned to expect the worst (20 Oct 2010)
Insolvency - Lehman's Bankruptcy: Tab Is Close to $1 Billion (19 Oct 2010)
Lehman Bankruptcy Advisers' Fees Top $1 Billion in 24 1/2 Months (19 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: Refunds for 'handful' of Crown Currency Exchange victims (19 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: Lehman administrators earn £262m in fees (15 Oct 2010)
Insolvency practitioners poorly regulated, says expert (12 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: Crown Currency Exchange victims 'will get back just 10p in the pound' (8 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: Blockbuster files for Chapter 11 protection (23 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: What Blockbuster Has In Common With Lehman (23 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: Former franchisee protests outsider KPMG (22 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: 60 firms 'will fold every day' (22 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: Portland Stone Firms Ltd goes into administration (22 Sep 2010)
Cattles faces crunch week in struggle to avoid insolvency (19 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: Bust Buckfastleigh building firm 'owes £2.5m' (19 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: Cattles rescue talks collapse (16 Sep 2010)
Solving the Lehman insolvency (15 Sep 2010)
Court ruling could open up UK to overseas insolvency practitioners chasing assets (9 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: KPMG expected to be appointed as administrators for ailing Connaught (8 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: $2bn - the legal bill for unwinding Lehman (2 Sep 2010)
Tories drop bankruptcy reform plans (1 Sep 2010)
Tories abandon insolvency reform plans (1 Sep 2010)
Candover Investments (audited by Grant Thornton) winds itself up after writedowns (1 Sep 2010)

Candover Invetsments 2009 financial statements (1 Sep 2010)

Insolvency: One. Tel Creditors call for special liquidator to resign over costs (27 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: One.Tel creditors have moved to oust the company's court-appointed liquidator after having incurred more than A$11 million in legal costs and fees (26 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: carpet maker in administration (22 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: Cost of Chrysler bankruptcy nears $85 million (21 Aug 2010)
Chrysler Bankruptcy Tab Nears $85 Million (21 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: BDO liquidators appointed to Kiss Flights (20 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: Cost of winding up Lehman Brothers now close to $1bn (18 Aug 2010)
Lehman Brothers creditors in for long wait (9 Aug 2010)
US insolvency actions could have UK reach (9 Aug 2010)
US bankruptcy rulings could be enforced in UK (9 Aug 2010)
RSM Tenon recovery chief fined £5000 by ICAEW (9 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: Dozens of UK companies 'going bankrupt' every day, new figures show (7 Aug 2010)
‘Large rise’ in company directors taking illegal loans (4 Aug 2010)
Insolvency Service to cut number of investigations (20 Jul 2010)
Insolvency Service to slash budget by 11% (20 Jul 2010)
Insolvency: Slumberdown redundancies a 'body blow' to Hawick (16 Jul 2010)
Big Accounting Firms to Run Amok: Insolvency Service axes 50 investigator roles (14 Jul 2010)
Insolvency: Bankrupts in 'banking exclusion' (12 Jul 2010)
Insolvency Rip-Off: PwC Keydata fees total £6.6m (9 Jul 2010)
Insolvency: Managers face Arcandor case damages claim (8 Jul 2010)
They like their gravy train: OFT plans could push up cost of insolvency (7 July 2010)
SME's are the last to receive insolvency payouts (7 Jul 2010)
OFT insolvency report reads last rites for 'rip-off' administrators (26 Jun 2010)
OFT slams insolvency industry for unfair fees (25 Jun 2010)
OFT recommends reform of corporate insolvency regime (25 Jun 2010)
Small creditors 'need protection' (25 Jun 2010)
OFT Report: The market for corporate insolvency practitioners (25 Jun 2010)
The market for corporate insolvency practitioners: An Overview (25 Jun 2010)
Insolvency rules fail to defend small creditors, says OFT (24 Jun 2010)
OFT’s insolvency probe under fire (20 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: KPMG administrators close Pilkington's Poole factory (20 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: KPMG racks up fees of £8.6m at Aero Inventory (16 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: Aero Inventory creditors to get 1p in £1 (16 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: KPMG administrators appointed to Pilkington's (16 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: Administrators for Lehman Aim to Return $22 Billion (16 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: Deloitte administrator to holiday company Green Parcs Ltd (15 Jun 2010)
Lunatics Are Running the Asylum: KPMG tops list in corporate responsibility - Now read this (10 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: Fabric nightclub sale on the cards after administration (5 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: Cattles shareholders will only receive 1p (3 Jun 2010)
Ernst & Young probed over Greek insolvency (30 May 2010)
Insolvency: Lloyds' Antler deal raises 'conflict of interest' questions (25 May 2010)
Debt: Insolvency Laws (11 Mar 2010)
Personal insolvencies at new high in England and Wales (7 May 2010)
Debt-lag means insolvencies will hit a record (30 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: Farepak customers suffer as liquidators' fees rise (27 Apr 2010)
More Fees for the Big Four: Steep increase in firms at risk of insolvency (27 Apr 2001)
Insolvency: Farepak savers to receive 15p in the pound (26 Apr 2010)
Treatment of banks and Farepak (26 Apr 2010)
Farepark administrator BDO charged fees of £360-£404 per hour for partners (26 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: Steel firm Bone Group receivership leaves 113 redundant (19 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: PricewaterhouseCoopers bill for Lehman Brothers creditors of £10m a month (16 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: PwC's Lehmans fees top £210m - an average hourly rate of £304 (15 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: Bank calls in £4m loan – at an hours notice (11 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: Deloitte grilling Keydata victims by phone on literature claims (9 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: Anger over lottery pf Keydata 'payouts' (4 Apr 2010)
UK Insolvency Act: all change (2 Apr 2010)
Insolvency practitioners prompt more than 600 complaints (1 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: Deloitte sacks 1,100 Jarvis staff after bid for cash fails (1 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: Administrators close all Land of Leather stores (31 Mar 2010)
Insolvency: Thousands to lose Flyglobespan cash (24 Mar 2010)
Insolvency: Thousands of Globespan customers may only get 5% back (23 Mar 2010)
Insolvency practitioners to receive £11m boost from new tax rules (23 Mar 2010)
Court clue on E-Clear insolvency (21 Mar 2010)
Crackdown on 'phoenix' insolvency deals (20 Mar 2010)
Insolvency: Former Receiver Pleads Guilty to $2.6 Million Fraud, Faces up to 14 Years (11 Mar 2010)
Regus uses insolvency tools to cut office rents (11 Mar 2010)
Government backed Insolvency Service increase fees by 25 per cent (8 Mar 2010)
Portsmouth tax files inspected by insolvency experts (12 Feb 2010)
More Fees for Big Sharks: Insolvency figures hit record high (5 Feb 2010)
Insolvency firms may face curbs (31 Jan 2010)
Online insolvency register could save time and money (25 Jan 2010)
Insolvency: Childrenswear chain Adams falls back into administration (23 Jan 2010)
Insolvency: Ernst & Young's London Scottish fees approach £5m (18 Jan 2010)
Insolvency: IPs urged to clarify payment protocols for customers (15 Jan 2010)
Insolvency: PwC files High Court petition for E-clear cash (13 Jan 2010)
Insolvency: Deloitte adds £5.5m to Woolworths administration bill (9 Jan 2010)
Insolvency 'set to rocket' for solicitors (6 Jan 2010)
Insolvency: KPMG bill £2m for Aero Inventory administration (5 Jan 2010)
Insolvency: Investor owed £141m after collapse of firms behind Wigan shopping centre but KPMG racked up more than £500,000 in fees (4 Jan 2010)
MP rounds on Labour's rotten insolvency regulation (29 Dec 2009)
Insolvency regulator has launched a corruption investigation into the liquidation of a group of printing companies by the international accountants Grant Thornton (20 Dec 2009)
Insolvency profession under the spotlight (17 Dec 2009)
Reaping profit from insolvency (15 Dec 2009)
Insolvency practitioners use fake time sheets and expenses claims and fictitious creditors to boost fees (13 Dec 2009)
Insolvency partners working on Woolworths charged an hourly rate of up to £890 (13 Dec 2009)
PwC has so far earned £154m in fees after dismantling the European arm of Lehman Brothers (13 Dec 2009)
Ernst & Young has been paid £4.2m for acting as an administrator to Zavvi. One partner charged an hourly rate of £960 for tax advice (13 Dec 2009)
Insolvent Abuse: “magic circle” of 10 accountancy and law firms, including PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Deloitte and Ernst & Young, have made a total of almost £20 billion in fees in the past two years (13 Dec 2009)
Advisers rake in £3bn from Lehman Brothers, Woolworths and other failed firms (13 Dec 2009)
Thousands of insolvencies run for decades and government does nothing (7 Dec 2009)
£700 an hour - the high cost of UK insolvency (30 Nov 2009)
Insolvency: Deloitte appointed to Dubai World (27 Nov 2009)
Insolvency: Blacks Leisure creditors agree to rescue deal (23 Nov 2009)
1,738 licensed insolvency practitioners enjoy the state guaranteed monopoly (23 Nov 2009)
Pitiful insolvency regulation: only 26 insolvency practitioners lost licence in 10 years (23 Nov 2009)
Borders UK lines up accountancy firm for potential administration (23 Nov 2009)
Insolvency: Fees and Charges (23 Nov 2009)
Insolvency: Kpmg's £1m a month to strip Dunfermline (22 Nov 2009)
Investor Group Seeks To Remove UK Acctg Firm In Stanford Case (22 Nov 2009)
Insolvency: BDO earns £2.3m to date for Farepak (17 Nov 2009)
Insolvency gravy train to hit buffers? (15 Nov 2009)
Office of Fair Trading to investiage accountants' fees for corporate insolvency (13 Nov 2009)
OFT launches market study into corporate insolvency (12 Nov 2009)
OFT is probing bust firms 'rip-offs' by accountants (12 Nov 2009)
OFT to investigate the high cost of going bust (12 Nov 2009)
Labour favours modernising insolvency law (12 Nov 2009)
Insolvency: Aero Inventory calls in administrators - More fees for KPMG (12 Nov 2009)
MPs petition for lower insolvency fees (6 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Threshers owner closing 53 shops (6 Nov 2009)
Insolvency: Predatory PwC (30 Oct 2009)
More insolvency fees for KPMG: Threshers owner in administration (30 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Threshers job loss threat as off-licence owner fighting administration (28 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Arc Capital and Income is placed in administration (27 Oct 2009)
Aero Inventory shares suspended (27 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Receiver Deloitte made A$5.6m from Opes mess (26 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: PricewaterhouseCoopers tries to win approval for Lehman Brothers' assets scheme (26 Oct 2009)
All aboard the insolvency gravy train (24 Oct 2009)
Auditors warned as insolvencies rise (22 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Shareholders face wipeout after Regent Inns goes into pre-pack (21 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: PwC's Lehmans fees top £154m (20 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Lehman's UK legal advice costs £60m in first year (20 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Lehman Fees for European Insolvency Work Climb to $363 Million (20 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: More fees for KPMG - Redundancies at Peugeot garages (18 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: PricewaterhouseCoopers administrators were paid up to £680 an hour as they sifted through the Haymills wreckage (17 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Fee picked up so far by PricewaterhouseCoopers for overseeing the administration and sale of Haymills, based in Stowmarket, was £175,780.50 (17 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Savings plan firms enter administration (17 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Altrincham's Grafton Centre in administration (17 Oct 2009)
Insolvency means more money for beancounters: Number of firms going bust jumps by 10% (16 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: More dramatic developments after the liquidation of Joost UK (16 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: LDV assets sold by PwC to Chinese firm (16 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: KPMG gains extension in Lexi case (15 Oct 2009)
Insolvency scheme 'will rip off cash-strapped customers' (15 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Deloitte Administrators appointed at Sir John Ritblat's pubs chain (15 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Pre-packs face scrutiny and calls for more transparency (15 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Pre-packs may be "morally questionable" (13 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: Tootsies set to close as diners lose taste for burger chain (13 Oct 2009)
Storm 'asked about insolvency' before moving $2m (12 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: New PwC scheme to return Lehman assets to creditors (6 Oct 2009)
Insolvency: PwC proposes deal to Lehman Brothers' creditors (5 Oct 2009)
Lehman UK Administrators Offer Out-of-Court Payment (5 Oct 2009)
More Insolvency Fees: Deloitte adminstrators sell on northern off licences (2 Oct 2009)
UK is the "best place" in Europe for insolvency (29 Sep 2009)
UK Insolvency laws lure big companies (29 Sep 2009)
Insolvency: Farepak cheques 'are in the post' (28 Sep 2009)
Farepak customers to get 5p in the £ (29 Sep 2009)
Insolvency: Farepak administrator and lawyers charged £1.1 million in fees (29 Sep 2009)
More insolvency fees for KPMG: Blacks buys time by putting Sandcity into administration (27 Sep 2009)
pwc's $150bn Lehman claim (25 Sep 2009)
Deloitte secures ASIC funding to investigate Kleenmaid insolvency (25 Sep 2009)
Insolvency: It took PwC 35 years to finalise the administration of Israel-British Bank (23 Sep 2009)
The case of Israel-British Bank Limited v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (23 Sep 2009)
1975 UK parliamentary statement on the closure of Israel-British Bank (23 Sep 2009)
Insolvency: Hacker Young have closed the administration of Apal Travel, a travel firm that went bust with the bank back in 1974 (23 Sep 2009)
Final meeting of the members of Apal Travel Limited (23 Sep 2009)
35-year insolvency case comes to a close (23 Sep 2009)
Insolvency: The business practices of the former Conservative health secretary have been branded "completely immoral" following a pre-pack administration of his corporate clothing company (20 Sep 2009)
Insolvency: Bailiffs have forced me out of business (18 Sep 2009)
Insolvency: administration of Lehman "an industry in itself" will ultimately generate more than $4bn in fees (17 Sep 2009)
Poor payout for Land of Leather creditors but Deloitte earned £2.5m in fees over the administration period (8 Sep 2009)
Insolvency reform may end rise of pre-pack deals (8 Sep 2009)
Lehman’s £10.4bn hangover points to need for insolvency regime shake-up (8 Sep 2009)
ABI calls for crackdown on abuse of pre-packaged administrations (8 Sep 2009)
Lehman's woes help PwC lift turnover to £2.25bn (7 Sep 2009)
Creditors to Land of Leather to receive just 9p for every £1 (6 Sep 2009)
Deloitte earned £2.5m in fees from Land of Leather (6 Sep 2009)
Insolvency: IPA lukewarm on company rescue consultation (3 Sep 2009)
Insolvency: PwC has already received £120m in fees from the winding down of Lehmans the collapsed US bank (23 Aug 2009)
Bankruptcy tourists' exploit uk's lenient insolvency laws (20 Aug 2009)
PwC billed £12.7m for non-Isa compliant Keydata plans (19 Aug 2009)
Keydata: 20 plans get Isa clearance as PwC confirms missing £103m 'has gone' (19 Aug 2009)
Challenge to insolvency fees risks backfiring on creditors (6 Aug 2009)
Insolvency: Zavvi creditors to be paid just 5pc whilst £3.2m earned by Ernst & Young (26 Jul 2009)
Ernst & Young LLP may earn as much as $60 million advising the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the dismantling of AIG - $775 per hour for work done by partners (21 Jul 2009)
Pre-pack bankruptcy accountants 'mocking rules' (21 Jul 2009)
Insolvency Accountancy Booms as UK Recession Bites (21 Jul 2009)
Not-so-sweet smell of insolvency excess (21 Jul 2009)
Insolvency business is booming as firms go bust (21 Jul 2009)
Professions 'reserved for rich' (21 Jul 2009)
Insolvency: 78% of IPA members faced complaints (16 Jul 2009)
Insolvency: UK government clueless on insolvencies that take more than 10 years to complete (9 Jul 2009)
Insolvency: ENCOURAGING COMPANY RESCUE – a consultation (30 Jun 2009)
Deloitte handling the insolvency has indicated that Setanta shareholders will be wiped out (28 Jun 2009)
Insolvency: Record number of business failures forecast (24 Jun 2009)
Calman Commission Report also mentions Insolvency Regulation – Serving Scotland Better: Scotland and the United Kingdom in the 21st Century (20 June 2009)
Insolvency: PwC sells five Dairy Farmers outlets (17 Jun 2009)
UK government seeks comment on insolvency rules (16 Jun 2009)
Insolvency: Cobra Beer creditors lost £75m (14 Jun 2009)
Insolvency: Keydata Investment Services goes into administration (8 Jun 2009)
PwC to decide if £2.8bn Keydata funds are at risk (8 Jun 2009)
Complaints Handling by the Regulators of Insolvency Practitioners: A Comparative Study (7 Jun 2009)
Insolvency: Grant Thornton - Liquidators of Madoff's British operation accused of wasting money (6 Jun 2009)
Insolvency: Super-creditors scheme 'unlawful' (24 May 2009)
Kleenmaid 'may have traded while insolvent' (18 May 2009)
Insolvency: MPs call for clampdown on pre-packs (15 May 2009)
UK Outlines Insolvency Overhaul After Lehman (12 May 2009)
Treasury plan to overhaul solvency laws (12 May 2009)
Developing effective resolution arrangements for investment banks (12 May 2009)
UK MPs to seek curbs on £1 bankruptcy deals (6 May 2009)
Business insolvency deals damage competitors, say MPs (6 May 2009)
House of Commons Committee Report: The Insolvency Service (6 May 2009)
Fraud tempts more directors of insolvent companies (5 May 2009)
This £2bn Mandelson fiefdom is an open door to corporate predators (4 May 2009)
Insolvent Abuse: 20,721 liquidations that commenced more than 10 years ago and have not been finalised (3 May 2009)
Insolvent Abuse: 17,058 liquidations that commenced more than 15 years ago and have not been finalised (3 May 2009)
Insolvencies soar 60pc in UK retail sector (27 Apr 2009)
A superabundance of insolvency regulators? (26 Apr 2009)
nsolvency: Up to 35,000 firms could go bust this year, and each bankruptcy is a tale of personal misery and human hardship (18 Apr 2009)
Insolvent Abuse: PwC billed £77,233,373 for 234,578 hours of work, an average hourly rate of £329 (15 Apr 2009)
Lehman ‘sausage machine’ processor at work (15 Apr 2009)
Linklaters racks up £33m on Lehman bankruptcy (15 Apr 2009)
The Lehman Legal Bill: $84 Million and Counting (15 Apr 2009)
Administrators called in at Bay Trading (25 Apr 2009)
Insolvencies to soar with quickie rules (5 Apr 2009)
Administrators call for insolvency rule shake-up (3 Apr 2009)
Insolvency: No one is safe as administrations rise (3 Apr 2009)
Are the insolvency laws at fault in relation to the fraudulent activities of ‘Lord’ Hugh Rodley? (29 Mar 2009)
Insolvency: Value of companies in administration hits £8bn (26 Mar 2009)
Regulation of City law firms 'not fit for purpose' (26 Mar 2009)
Government rejects call to limit insolvency firms' fees (10 Mar 2009)
Insolvency: Call to reform pre-packs to save more businesses (6 Mar 2009)
How insolvency shark milk companies (24 Feb 2009)
Lehman Liquidator KPMG Weighs Inquiry for Asia Assets (24 Feb 2009)
Insolvency Sharks: Courts' collapse fills KPMG coffers (23 Feb 2009)
KPMG partners were "charged out" at up to £600 an hour to Courts insolvency (23 Feb 2009)
Ban the Big Four accounting firms? (23 Feb 2009)
Court fight over RBS 'insolvency' (18 Feb 2009)
Corporate Vultures: Profession profits from soaring insolvencies (12 Feb 2009)
Insolvency: The £1bn legacy for Woolies creditors (4 Feb 2009)
Insolvency: Creditors demand investigation over timing of Woolworths collapse (3 Feb 2009)
JP Morgan: When I Say Insolvent, I Really Mean Insolvent (23 Jan 2009)
Insolvency: Businesses in distress rose by 245% during last year (16 Jan 2009)
Insolvency: MPs to investigate pre-pack administrations (12 Jan 2009)
Land of Leather in administration (12 Jan 2009)
Insolvency: 'Pre-pack' deals risk cheating creditors: Private equity boss warns of abuse over 'quickie bankruptcy' (5 Jan 2009)
Insolvency 'Pre-pack' deals risk cheating creditors (4 Jan 2009)
Insolvency: A sharp eye is needed at the exit door (4 Jan 2009)
Record numbers 'face insolvency' (1 Jan 2009)
Insolvency: This is where pre-packs start to fall apart (30 Dec 2008)
Insolvency Sharks: New Zealand Receivers earn millions from collapse of finance companies (22 Dec 2008)
Insolvency Sharks: BDO Stoy Hayward has earned £342,976 in liquidation fees from Farepak (21 Dec2008)
Insolvency Sharks: forensic accountants that pored over the events leading up to Farepak's demise made £410,630 (21 Dec 2008)
Insolvency Sharks: Legal costs of Farepak insolvency are £184,089 (21 Dec 2008)
Farepak bills mount to £1m in third year of postmortem (21 Dec 2008)
Insolvencies 'epidemic' is forecast by Tenon (10 Dec 2008)
Deloitte could be charging as much as £22,000 an hour plus expenses for taking control of Woolworths (28 Nov 2008)
Partners in the insolvency arms of the big four accountancy firms charge up to £600 an hour (28 Nov 2008)
PricewaterhouseCoopers, which has around 300 employees working on the Lehman administration, is being paid £4m a week (15 Nov 2008)
Insolvency: Lehman's administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers paid more than the bankers (15 Nov 2008)
500,000 to fall into personal insolvency in three years (8 Nov 2008)
Company collapses soar 26% on economic downturn (7 Nov 2008)
UK in EU airline insolvencies wrangle (27 Oct 2008)
Off the legal hook: The law does not protect individuals from the recklessness and failings of company directors. It should (26 Oct 2008)
Insolvency: Administrations soar as the economic downturn bites (23 Oct 2008)
Vantis chief calls for change to insolvency laws (15 Oct 2008)
Insolvency Sharks: KPMG scoop £12.3 million from Courts bankruptcy (12 Oct 2008)
Insolvency sharks: An attempt by the liquidators of Courts, the failed furniture retailer, to stop payments to the majority of unsecured creditors and former staff failed (12 Oct 2008)
Insolvency sharks: Courts advisers scoop £20m (12 Oct 2008)
Insolvency: Deloitte brought in to administer GuestInvest (6 Oct 2008)
JP Morgan ‘brought down’ Lehman Brothers (5 Oct 2008)
Thousands hit as 'buy to let' firm Instant Access Properties goes bust (5 Oct 2008)
Insolvency: Lehman 'may take 10 years to wind up' (5 Oct 2008)
Insolvency firm reaps rewards from the casualties (27 Sep 2008)
Insolvency firm reaps rewards from the casualties (26 Sep 2008)
Insolvency Sharks: For the doctors of debt, downturns are boom times (16 Sep 2008)
Impression Management: Insolvency practitioners are to get a new code of ethics (4 Sep 2008)
Insolvency Sharks: Grant Thornton charge £331 per hour (21 Aug 2008)
Deloitte boss pockets £5.7m despite downturn (14 Aug 2008)
UK Insolvency regulator comes under fire over dual role (14 Aug 2008)
Insolvency sharks: Zero return for Erinaceous creditor minnows (8 Aug 2008)
Scramble for bodies boosts insolvency pay (28 Jul 2008)
Beds Direct calls in the administrators (28 Jul 2008)
Insolvency: a licence to print money (18 Jul 2008)
Cameron sets out ideas on insolvency (17 Jul 2008)
Fannie, Freddie `Insolvent' After Losses (10 Jul 2008)
Deepening Insolvency Claim Against Deloitte & Touche Upheld (21 Jun 2008)
Investment banks weigh into insolvency row (28 May 2008)
Accounting scandal forces Thielert insolvency (10 May 2008)
Insolvency: Sharp rise in number of companies seeking protection (3 May 2008)
More bucks for insolvency practitioners: Sound Control in administration (2 May 2008)
Law lords agree that UK assets of insolvent companies based abroad should be given to creditors (17 Apr 2008)
Insolvent abuse:Insolvency practitioners often charge huge fees, leaving less money for the creditors (16 Apr 2008)
Insolvency: Erinaceous calls in KPMG as administrators (15 Apr 2008)
Insolvency and Credit Crunch: Solent's Mainsail II calls in the receivers (5 Apr 2008)
Insolvency: Robert Tchenguiz pours £50m into rescue of Laurel Pub Company (28 Mar 2008)
ccountants KPMG accused of professional negligence (27 Mar 2008)
US Inquiry Assails Accounting Firm KPMG in New Century's Fall (27 Mar 2008)
KPMG allowed fraud at New Century, report says (27 Mar 2008)
KPMG accused of lax auditing of New Century (27 Mar 2008)
Read the Insolvency Examiner’s Report (581 pages) on the collapse of New Century (27 Mar 2008)
New Century Official Urges KPMG Lawsuit (27 Mar 2008)
Carter & Carter heads into administration (10 Mar 2008)
Insolvencies cost UK taxman billions (9 Mar 2008)
Insolvency Examiner's Report May Cast Light on Subprime Mess (8 Mar 2008)
Insolvency service probes actions of Provence (28 Feb 2008)
UK Treasury urged to reform insolvency laws (26 Feb 2008)
Insolvency service probes actions of Provence (26 Feb 2008)
Avoiding TV savaging 'is priority on insolvency firm complaints' (21 Feb 2008)
Insolvent Abuse: Accountants rack up £5m in fees after Lexi collapse (19 Feb 2008)
Insolvent Abuse: Creditors left with sour taste (19 Feb 2008)
4,921 company administration or liquidation process began between 10 and fifteen years ago but still not finalised (11 Feb 2008)
12,571 company administration or liquidations began more than 15 years ago but are still not finalised (11 Feb 2008)
Insolvency: £300m will be paid on top of the £1.7 billion to cover Metronet’s operating and insolvency costs (8 Feb 2008)
Deloitte and David Fabb (Holdings) Ltd. Group (22 Jan 2008)
More money for corporate undertakers: Dolcis crushed as fashion retailers stamp their authority on high street shoe market (22 Jan 2008)
Insolvency: 600 jobs go as administrators close half of Dolcis outlets (22 Jan 2008)
MG Rover Inspectors cost hits £11 million (17 Jan 2008)
MG Rover inquiry bill tops £10m (17 Jan 2008)
Maxwell Insolvency practitioners charged £88 million (17 Jan 2008)
BCCI insolvency practitioners chatrged nearly £400 million (17 Jan 2008)
UK government opposes independent regulation of insolvency practitioners (18 Jan 2008)
UK insolvency regulators do not mainatin any record of long-running complaints (18 Jan 2008)
UK government refuses to investigate rip-off fees by insolvency practitioners (18 Jan 2008)
UK government has no plans to investigate the fees paid to insolvency practitioners (18 Jan 2008)
State guaranteed monopolies: Just 1,592 insolvency practitioners handle all UK insolvency work (18 Jan 2008)
UK government says no to regulation of the insolvency industry by a single independent regulator (18 Jan 2008)
Complaints against insolvency practitioners will not be investigated by a body independent of the accountancy and law trade associations (18 Jan 2008)
Farepak report to be completed within the next two to three months (17 Jan 2008)
30 second guide to Courts administration fees (8 Jan 2008)
Advisers to Courts, the failed furniture retailer, have collected more than £35m in fees since the company collapsed into administration (7 Jan 2008)
KPMG under fire for Courts charges (7 Jan 2008)
Insolvent Abuse: KPMG, Court Furniture's administrator, has charged £23.7m in fees and expenses (7 Jan 2008)
Parmalat claims Grant Thornton 'looted' us (6 Jan 2008)
Courts insolvency advisers net £35m in fees (6 Jan 2008)
Charity boss reaps profits from debt misery (30 Dec 2007)
Insolvent Abuse: KPMG charge Lexi Holdings a staggering £5m-plus fee, close to half the £12.6m recovered so far (12 Nov 2007)
Liquidation fees and insolvent abuse: The new accountancy fees gold rush (12 Nov 2007)
Liability of insolvency practitioners questioned by High Court (31 Aug 2007)
ERNST & YOUNG: WHAT GOES ROUND COMES ROUND BUT ANY CHANCE OF JUSTICE? (1 Aug 2007)
2007 Key Facts and Trends in the UK Accountancy Profession(31 Jul 2007)
Bridgecorp receivers have bad news for investors (31 Jul 2007)
Moore Stephens fails to strike out Stone & Rolls claim (30 Jul 2007)
NAO chief Sir John Bourn accused of 'exploiting public purse' (26 Jul 2007)
Former Parmalat Executives Indicted in Bankruptcy Case (26 Jul 2007)
Judge Rejects Claims By Foreign Investors In Parmalat Suit (26 Jul 2007)
Refco Insolvency Examiner Recommended that Ernst & Young be sued for "aiding and abetting fraud" (25 Jul 2007)
The Final Report of the US Insolvency Examiner for Refco: Points the finger at Grant Thornton and Ernst & Young (25 Jul 2007)
Bridgecorp's missing millions (13 Jul 2007)
EU to reform company law, accounting, auditing (12 Jul 2007)
PwC Settles Tyco Investors' Suit Over Fraud (6 Jul 2007)
PwC to pay $225M to settle Tyco case (6 Jul 2007)
Lenders in IVA 'rogue' loan abuse (3 Jun 2007)
Insolvency vultures: Capital One refusing to pay “excessive” fees charged by companies that encourage people to go bankrupt (22 May 2007)
Capital One says that current insolvency practitioner fees are in most cases excessive (22 May 2007)
According to His Honour, you may no longer be divorced from the risk of your ex going bankrupt (13 May 2007)
Ex-wives face loss of settlements in bankruptcy (12 May 2007)
A Signficant case for Insolvency: House of Lords Judgments - OBG Limited and others (Appellants) v. Allan and others (Respondents) (4 May 2007)
Insolvency brings big fees: US Judge authorizes Dana to pay $26 million to law firms, advisers (27 Apr 2007)
Eurotunnel has spent an estimated £89m on lawyers' and financial advisers' fees in its battle against bankruptcy (8 Mar 2007)
A court ruling establishes that councils' business rates should be paid ahead of administrators' fees (8 Mar 2007)
Norway: A KPMG group partner was sentenced to 30 days in jail for negligent accounting, but KPMG acquitted (4 Jan 2007)
Split trust liquidator goes to High Court (10 Dec 2006)
OBG Ltd v Ian John Allen: Two uncommon torts: wrongful interference with contractual relations and conversion (11 Nov 2006)
Invalidly Appointed Receivers: The OBG Case (10 Nov 2006)
UK is the home of lax insolvency laws: German business avoids insolvency in UK move (8 Nov 2006)
German bankruptcy laws drive car mirror firm to UK (8 Nov 2006)
A discreditable law on debtors (5 Nov 2006)
Bailiffs risk losing huge courts deal (29 Oct 2006)
Can Major Accountancy Firms Behave Ethically? (16 Oct 2006)
Corporate undertakers will continue to run amok as effective regulation of IVAs is rejected (13 Oct 2006)
Britain's army of debt consultants is encouraging people to take what could be inappropriate insolvency proceedings (1 Oct 2006)
Bailiffs 'law unto themselves' (26 Sep 2006)
UK Insolvencies are 'mis-sold' (28 May 2006)
Australian Govt to focus on liquidators (28 May 2006)
BCCI & Barings: Bank Resolutions Complicated by Fraud and Global Corporate Structure (21 May 2006)
Litigation: From speedbumps to insolvency (11 May 2006)
More money for corporate undertakers: Kingsley Cards goes into administration (27 Apr 2006)
PWC told to pay £1m over BCCI auditing (21 Apr 2006)
Puny UK Regulator imposes £975,00 fines and costs on PricewaterhouseCoopers for BCCI audits (20 Apr 2006)

Liquidators stick with PR firms despite judge's BCCI outburst (20 Apr 2006)
BCCI: UK High Court judge slates "lamentable" lawyers (19 Apr 2006)
udge Slams BCCI Case Against Bank Of England (17 Apr 2006)
BCCI: MP demands Pollock inquiry (14 Apr 2006)
BCCI: It looks Bleak for Deloitte as judge says case was a load of Pollock (14 Apr 2006)
BCCI: After 256 days in court, the judge's verdict: a hopeless, incoherent farce (13 Apr 2006)
BCCI: Deloitte's drubbing will not be forgotten (13 Apr 2006)
BCCI: Deloitte's 12-year case puts Woolf reforms in question (13 Apr 2006)
BCCI: Rude’ Deloitte lawyer taken to task (13 Apr 2006)
Judge calls BCCI case a 'farce' (12 Apr 2006)
BASS INSTINCT: How accountancy firms abused Barrie Chapman (31 Mar 2006)
Corporate undertakers butcher Dewhurst (28 Mar 2006)
Strategic bankruptcies: Comair asks bankruptcy judge to void labor pact (28 Mar 2006)
The turnaround expert who led Enron Corp. through its bankruptcy engaged in unacceptable billing practices (28 Mar 2006)
UK DTI continues its BCCI cover-up (16 Feb 2006)
UK Judge backs Bank of England on BCCI costs (1 Feb 2006)
United Airlines released from bankruptcy (20 Jan 2006)
UK MPs will hold inquiry into ministers' role in failed MG Rover rescue mission (18 Jan 2006)
Former UK ministers and Phoenix Four face new Rover inquiry (18 Jan 2006)
Canada: Judge appoints independent counsel to review KPMG's fees in Portus case (18 Jan 2006)
UK taxman gives £827m insolvency write-offs for the benefit of banks and accountants (5 Jan 2006)
The Accident Group: SPENDING LIMIT FOR AXE BOSS (1 Jan 2006)
The Accident Group: Judge freezes tycoon's assets (1 Jan 2006)
Unwins staff face eviction threat (22 Dec 2005)
MVC chain calls in administrators (21 Dec 2005)
Unwins crashes in acrimony (21 Dec 2005)
Pension payments 'missing' at troubled Unwins (20 Dec 2005)
More money for corporate undetakers: Administrators come in at Unwins (20 Dec 2005)
Dairy products trader Murray Vernon has called in the administrators (20 Dec 2005)
PricewaterhouseCoopers took 23 years to finalise the liquidation of the Isle of Man-based Savings & Investment Bank (16 Dec 2005)
PricewaterhouseCoopers swallow half collapsed bank's assets (16 Dec 2005)
'Administration deal' to rake in fees from LDV (16 Dec 2005)
The Accident Group: Director must pay back 'wages'(15 Dec 2005)
Insolvency Practitioners are reminded to comply with Pensions Act (13 Dec 2005)
Regulator reminds insolvency practitioners to comply with Pensions Act (13 Dec 2005)
Liquidators tussle with auditors in court (13 Dec 2005)
The Accident Group: Liquidators tussle with auditors in court (13 Dec 2005)
Creditors in Samsung court move (11 Dec 2005)
Accountants fill their pockets: MG Rover administration bill £5m and rising (3 Nov 2005)
Bank of England moves to recover £75m BCCI legal costs (3 Nov 2005)
Liquidators make millions and drop BCCI claim for £850m against Bank of England (3 Nov 2005)
BCCI Scandal seeped into every corner of Britain (3 Nov 2005)
The Ostrich Farming Corporation Limited (31 Oct 2005)
Red Letter Days creditors will get nothing (13 Oct 2005)
Barlow Clowes: Barlow Clowes International Ltd (In Liquidation) (2) Nigel James Hamilton (3) Michael Anthony Jordan v (1) Eurotrust International Ltd (2) Peter Stephen William Henwood (3) Andrew George Sebastian (10 Oct 2005)
ICAS reaches agreement with human rights insolvency accountant claimant (6 Oct 2005)
ICAS STATEMENT ON PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT FINDINGS AGAINST LEONARD HARRIS CA (6 Oct 2005)
Scottish Court quashes an insolvency disciplinary hearing against accountant (6 Oct 2005)
How lawyers and accountants line their pockets from prolonged insolvencies (5 Oct 2005)
UK Pensions ministers' shabby insolvency trick (28 Sep 2005)
SERIAL BANKRUPT GUILTY OF RUNNING MIDLANDS FIRM (28 Sep 2005)
BDO in £3m lawsuit over UK bankruptcy (28 Jul 2005)
More fees for corporate undertakers: Time and Tiny computers called in administrators (28 Jul 2005)
BBC Radio 4 File on Four Prograame transcript on Insolvencies and the role of accountants (12 Jun 2005)
Job losses for thousands but PwC get £4m 'so far' for MG Rover administration (11 Jun 2005)
There is no money for you, MG Rover creditors told (11 Jun 2005)
Business bankruptcies: Accountants and Auditors under Scrutiny (1 Jun 2005)
Fraud by a convicted criminal and a struck off solicitor readmitted to the profession with the full knowledge of the Law Society and two of its member firms (30 Apr 2005)
PricewaterhouseCoopers to net £50,000 a day from MNG Rover administration (26 Apr 2005)
Alert as accountants cash in on bankruptcy (3 Apr 2005)
Validity of Insolvency Appointments: UK Court of Appeal decision in OBG LTD v IAIN JOHN ALLAN (10 Feb 2005)
LeisureNet liquidators sue Deloitte for R150m (9 Feb 2005)
Secret probe into £20m collapse of Mayflower (16 Jan 2005)
NY Judge Orders Review of WorldCom Bankruptcy Fees (7 Dec 2004)
KPMG faces $5m fees cut in WorldCom Fees (6 Dec 2004)
Freezing orders and banks - a potential tax haven loophole (4 Dec 2004)
Insolvency Advisers, including EY and KPMG, net £35m from TXU collapse (31 Aug 2004)
South African Liquidators are using black employees as bidding fronts (27 Aug 2004)
UK insolvency practitioners unhappy with the fragmented nature of regulation (8 Jul 2004)
REFORMING THE GOVERNANCE OF CORPORATE RESCUE: THE ENTERPRISE ACT 2002 (30 Jun 2004)
Receiver must abide by worker contracts as it continues to operate the insolvent business for sale (5 Apr 2004)
Young British Millionaire Made Strange Manoeuvers with His Companies (23 Mar 2004)
Fallen Singh is still calling the tune (21 Mar 2004)
Deloitte appointed receivers of Caithness Glass Limited (18 Mar 2004)
Enron insolvency examiner pockets $90 million from Enron bankruptcy (17 Mar 2004)
Grant Thornton face £18m claim from Televillage insolvency (15 Mar 2004)
Businessman to sue family accountants: Time bar is not a barrier (15 Mar 2004)

Court decision in John Hedley Haward and Ors Appellants - and -
Fawcetts (a firm) & Anor Respondents (15 Mar 2004)

ICAEW throws out Grant Thornton insolvency case (12 Mar 2004)
Insolvency experts moan about tax changes (10 Mar 2004)
Grant Thornton sacked as liquidators over alleged conflict of interests (9 Mar 2004)
Insolvency practitioners lining their own poakctes: the case of David Fabb (17 Feb 2004)
House of Lords rules that holders of floating charges should be paid ahead of liquidators' costs and expenses (5 Mar 2004)

Read Judgments - Buchler and another (as joint liquidators of Leyland Daf Ltd) (Respondents) v Talbot and another (as joint administrative receivers of Leyland Daf Ltd) and Stichting Ofasec (Appellants) and others

Grant Thornton accused of negligence in handling receivership (8 Feb 2004)
U.K. Judge Slams Mobile-Phone Firm's Accountant (29 Jan 2004)
Numerica rapped by a High Court judge over the administration of mobile phone retailer PNC Telecom (25 Jan 2004)
Landmark court ruling could cost directors dear (22 Jan 2004)
Accident Group Goes into Liquidation (16 Jan 2004)
High fees raise questions on role of bankruptcy examiners (30 Dec 2003)
A case of strategic bankruptcy: Dynamex Picket Ends after 'Heroic' 2.5 YEAR Battle (19 Dec 2003)
Deloitte charging £380 an hour as Railtrack liquidators (19 Dec 2003)
Accountants and lawyers win as BCCI trial costs set to hit £100m (15 Dec 2003)
10 years, still no payout from receivers (11 Dec 2003)
$102.7 million judgment against Ernst & Young for negligence in bankruptcy proceedings (21 Nov 2003)
Ernst & Young found negligent in bankruptcy case (21 Nov 2003)
Insolvent Abuse: the Enterprise Act will not help (20 Nov 2003)
Enron bankruptcy likely to give $1 billion windfall to accountants and lawyers (18 Nov 2003)
Enron bankruptcy costs expected to hit $1 billion (14 Nov 2003)
EU moves to reduce insolvency stigma (12 Nov 2003)
Canadian Report calls for more flexible insolvency laws (5 Nov 2003)
KPMG to hit fees bonanza at Sara Lee (28 Oct 2003)
Illusions Are Crumbling as US Industrial Workers Gain Direct Experience of Bankruptcy Protection (13 Oct 2005)
Faulds chairman accused of illegal payout (7 Oct 2003)
British Energy administration to generate huge fees for KPMG (3 Oct 2003)
KPMG appointed Receiver to Faulds Advertising Limited (1 Oct 2003)
Receivers (PwC) run up a bill of £1.25m at the Accident Group (30 Sep 2003)
Row over NatWest insolvency test case (24 Sep 2003)
Report Blasts KPMG for Role in Spiegel's Collapse (13 Sep 2003)
UK Trade Union challenge over workers rights (11 Sep 2003)
Sacked staff's £8m claim against Deloittes (10 Sep 2003)
Insolvency excesses may come home to roost (21 Aug 2003)
Powerhouse insolvency provides windfall for corporate undertakers (21 Aug 2003)
United Milk plc - In administrative receivership (21 Aug 2003)
KPMG seeks to block release of Polaroid files (21 Aug 2003)
Accident Group employees likely to remain unpaid (15 Aug 2003)
Accident Group owes £100m (14 Aug 2003)
Penningtons awaits ruling over negligent liquidation (11 Aug 2003)
KPMG sells Brand & Rae Ltd from Receivership (8 Aug 2003)
Le Méridien hotels placed into receivership (31 Jul 2003)
Insolvency practitioners bite off $744m of Enron's pie (30 Jun 2003)
Enron insolvency Bill: $500 Million So Far (29 Jun 2003)
Accountants ripping-off businesses and destroying families (29 Jun 2003)
UK trade unions threaten legal action over loss of worker pensions (25 Jun 2003)
Insolvency glitch gives banks £400m (23 Jun 2003)
Student loans bankruptcy loophole costs taxpayer £2.4m (22 Jun 2003)
KirchMedia's Liquidation Will Take At Least Another 10 Years (16 Jun 2003)
400 business closures a week provides profits for the business undertakers (9 Jun 2003)
TAG founder slams PWC over text message redundancies (2 Jun 2003)
Accident Group sacks 2,400 people with a text message (31 May 2003)
Easy pickings for insolvency firms in retail sector (29 May 2003)
BCCI's advisers still rake in fees 12 years on (15 May 2003)
BCCI wind-up fees £435m in UK (14 May 2003)
BCCI settlement costs top $1.2bn (15 May 2003)
Management buy outs rob workers of pension rights (12 May 2003)
UK government refusesd an independent inquiry into the looting of J.S. Bass (7 Mar 2003)
440 cases of insolvency are more than 3 years old (6 Mar 2003)
Corporate undertaker goes under (17 Jan 2003)
The Colt Judgement (17 Jan 2003)
KPMG criticised for conflict of interest (3 Jan 2003)
Judge slams KPMG conflict of interest in Colt case (19 Dec 2002)
Halliburton settles asbestos claims (19 Dec 2002)
Conseco takes Chapter 11 route (19 Dec 2002)
When businesses go wrong, insolvency practitioners rip you off (30 Nov 2002)
Lawsuit fillip for asbestos miners (1 Oct 2002)
S trategic Banklrupcies: Asbestosis payouts blocked (19 Sept 2002)
Housing associations warn of insolvency rules 'chaos' (19 Jun 2002)
Barlow Clowes insolvency began in May 1988 and in July 1988 but by November 2000 the liquidation had still not been finalized (12 Apr 2002)
Sportsworld appoints PwC receivers (11 Apr 2002)
Kirch files for insolvency (8 Apr 2002)
£7.8 million Railtrack granvy train for Ernst & Young (8 Apr 2002)
Land Rover calls for insolvency reforms (19 Feb 2002)
Shopping for Jurisdictions - A Problem for International Chapter 9 Insolvency? (24 Jan 2002)
Chapter 9/11?
How innocent people suffer from insolvencies (13 Nov 2001 )
Insolvency Law Changes- Actual, Imminent and Proposed (20 Mar 2001)
Competition in Professions: A Report by the Office of Fair Trading (7 March 2001)
World Bank Insolvency Initiative
UK's Insolvency Act 2000 (7 Dec 2000)
A Gulde to UK Insolvency Bill 2000 (17 Oct 2000)
House of Commons passage of the Insolvency Bill 2000 (24 Oct 2000)
WHO IS REGULATING THE THE INSOLVENCY INDUSTRY? (12 October 2000)
RECEIVER'S 'DUTY OF CARE' WIDENED (August 2000)

Predatory accountants are closing down viable firms for fees (31 Jul 2000)
Inssolvency abusers 'damage firms', says AABA report (28 Jul 2000)
Bankruptcy: a fresh start (30 Jun 2000)
UK government refuses independent inquiry into the J. S. Bass & Co. Limited insolvency (20 Jun 2000)
UK government refuses independent inquiry into the Exchange Travel insolvency (20 Jun 2000)
Information about UK insolvency regulators (20 Jun 2000)
UK government has no information on liquidatons that 10, 20 years or longer (20 Jun 2000)
A Review of Company Rescue and Business Reconstruction Mechanisms by UK government (May 2000)
New Insolvency Proposals (7 Apr 2000)
How accountants and banks cause insolvencies (10 Feb 2000)
Calls for an investigation into the insolvency industry have been made amid concerns that administrators are cashing in at the expense of creditors (28 Dec 2009)
Review of company rescue and business reconstruction mechanisms (12 Nov 1999)
Government set to betray small entrepreneurs (25 September 1999)
TURKEYS DON’T VOTE FOR CHRISTMAS, DO THEY? (30 June 1999)
Another company ripped-off by receivers - Minister defends the insolvency industry (7 May 1999)
THE INSOLVENCY SHAMBLES -Austin Mitchell (15 APRIL 1999)
Rich pickings for £1m lawyers (9 March 1999)
MP seeks to derail the insolvency gravy train (3 February 1999)
Baroness Dean seeks to curb practitioner greed (26 January 1999)
Report of Mr Justice Ferris' Working Party on The remuneration of office-holders and certain related matters (1998)
Proposals for Regulating the Insolvency Industry
The insolvency industry prioritises self-interest
OPINIONS OF THE LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE in SODEN AND ANOTHER v BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH HOLDINGS PLC. (IN ADMINISTRATION) AND OTHERS (16 Oct 1997)
Paying the Undertaker: Receivers and liquidators face heated criticism over high fees and what is seen as their rush to shut down businesses (25 Jul 1993)
MPs condemn firms over Maxwell insolvency fees (25 Jul 1993)